Packet 10: Tossup 13

A DOP called William Blake shot the only film from this country to be a Palme d’Or nominee, Rekava. By area, this is the smallest of the three countries from which Oscar-nominated British actress Merle Oberon had heritage. A film about characters from this country has the first score (-5[1])composed by Nicolas Jaar (“jar”) and was conceived by its director as a mashup of Montesquieu’s Persian Letters and Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs. This country’s first female director was the spouse of its cinematic “father,” Lester James Peries. The 2015 Palme d’Or went to a Jacques (*) Audiard (-5[1])(“ohd-YARR”) film about a refugee from this country (10[1])who adopts (10[1])the (10[1])name Dheepan (10[1])(“DEE-pun”). This country’s filmmakers include Balu Mahendra and Chandran Rutnam, who helped David Lean scout this country for a location (-5[1])to build the Bridge on the River Kwai. For 10 points, name this country that produces films in Sinhala ■END■ (10[4])

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